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June 30, 2013 • Honoring Freedom • Supplement to Sunday Gazette-Mail
Cpl. Walter V. Filipek
served with the Sixth
Marine Division on Okinawa.
While
serving
under intense fire, thenPfc. Filipek rescued his
wounded squad leader
and wiped out an enemy
machine gun, earning the
Bronze Star for his
actions. He was twice wounded in Okinawa in 1945, returning to duty the same day both times. He received a Purple
Heart in Guam in August 1945 and participated in the ceremony of the surrender of the Japanese military forces in
October 1945. This photo was taken during a March 2013
ceremony honoring him in St. Albans.
William Alfonzo Parks was a
Master Sergeant in the Navy,
serving in the 1950s. His
hometown is London.
M.J. Robertson fought in the
Navy during World War II.
Deployed in December 1942,
he was a member of the 59th
Naval Construction Battalion, Co. B, Platoon 2, stationed in Hawaii. His family
believes he was an Ensign
3rd Class and a Seabee.
Air Force 1st Lt. Andrew F.
McClung, of Glen Ferris,
was killed while serving in
Germany in 1949.
Airman Charles A. Hardin III
at Lackland Air Force Base,
San Antonio.
Spec. 5 Gary R. Craig, of
Buffalo, served with the
Army 157th Signal Corp.,
attached to the 1st Infantry
Division. This photo was
taken in April 1970 at an
orphanage in Saigon.
Pfc. Frankie Perry, of Livinston, served with the Ninth
Army, 331st Combat Infantry
in the European Theater during World War II. He was
killed in action in France on
July 20, 1944 at the age of 21.
Staff Sgt. Frank S. Hardin Jr.
with the 130th Air Wing out
of Charleston.
1st Lt. Clarence E. Moran, of
Charleston, was a P-38 and P51 fighter pilot, assigned to
the 401st Fighter Squadron,
370th Fighter Group in Belgium from December 1944 to
November 1945. He flew 27
combat missions, totaling 70
combat hours, which included ground strafing, escort,
bombing and tactical reconnaissance missions.
John C. Clay, USMC, 4th
Eng. Battalion
Army Sgt. Joshua S. Ballard,
of Hernshaw, served for one
year in Afghanistan, where
this photo was taken in
2011. He is currently serving
in Fairbanks, Alaska, for two
more years.
BMCM Ret. Robert L.
Traugh, of Gassaway, enlisted in the Navy in August
1942. He served on various
ships, including the USSS
Columbia
CL-56,
USS
Okanogan APA 220, USS
Betelgeuse and USS Maury
AGS 16. He was discharged
after 32 years of honorable
service in June 1974.
Marine Sgt. Michael D. Taylor, 4th Eng. Battalion.
Col. Bryan K. Chapman, of Craigsville,
has served in the Army
for 23 years and is stationed currently in
Hawaii with his family.
A Green Beret and
Army Ranger, Chapman has served in
Korea, Iraq, India,
Laos, Thailand, Sri
Lanka and Nepal. He
has completed the
Ironman Triathlon and
several marathons and climbed Mount Everest in May 2010.
This photo was taken during his promotion to the rank of
colonel.
Marine Cpl. James David Hudson is a Vietnam-era veteran.
James A. Gillespie, of
Newell and formerly of Holly
in Braxton County, was in
the 961st Eng. Const. Co.,
Camp Picket, Va., from 1951
to 1953.
Pfc. 1st Class Frank Hale
was stationed in Hawaii
before the bombing of
Pearl Harbor. His future
brother-in-law, Van Kopp,
defended his ship during
the attack and later became
a chaplain.
Cpl. Arol C. Squires, son of
Dennis and Rhoda Squires
of Heaters, is seen in Seoul,
Korea, in 1953. He served
with the 8th Army Hqs. In the
1st Finance Division.
John Bradley,
Corps, 1944.
Army
Sp5 James H. Plumley Jr., of
Charleston, served with the
9th Signal Branch as a photographer with the Army in
Vietnam in 1968 at Long
Binh, Saigon and the
Mekong Delta.
Air
CW4 Eric E. Thomas, U.S.
Army Reserves, from Chesapeake, is with the Cross
Lanes Detachment and serving his third tour in
Afghanistan. This photo was
taken during Operation Iraqi
Freedom.
Army Sp4 Dennis R. Stonestreet, formerly of Kincaid
and now living in Glasgow,
was with the 802 Combat
Engineer Batallion in Korea
in 1954.
Staff Sgt. Henry Oakes
served in the Argonne Forest during World War II.
Marine WM Cpl. Marlena
Ann Jarrell Carrizales, 4th
Marine Air Wing, Cherry
Point, N.C.
Army Sp2 J. Don McClung
served from 1953 to 1955.
Marine Pvt. Teddie E. Jarrell
Jr. served in Vietnam.
Air Force Airman 1st Class
Wayne T. Holstein served
from 1962 to 1966.
Pfc. Milton Oral Taylor,
USAAF, 1386 Base Unit,
World War II.
Sgt. A.B. (Brad) Morgan III,
of Cross Lanes, served in
the Air Force from 1966 to
1970. He was stationed in
Okinawa.
Pfc. James H. Plumley, of
Charleston, served with the
68th Medical Regiment,
Army Company G, during
World War II in England,
France and Czechoslovakia.
He died May 23, 1991.
William
McKinley
Trail
(1895-1963) was a private in
the U.S. Infantry during
World War I. This photo was
taken in 1919.
Jerome L. Workman Sr., of
Longacre, was an Army
Major, serving from 1943 to
1947, including World War II.
He received two Purple
Hearts, a Bronze Star and a
Silver Star.
This 1943 photo is of Herman J. Abbott, a Gunner's
Mate 1st Class with the
Navy Seabees. Abbott's
hometown is Van.
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Air Force Sgt. Michael
McKee,
formerly
of
Charleston and now living in
Ripley, served in Phu-Cat,
Vietnam, in 1968 and 1969.